Igede language
E335164
Igede language is a Volta–Niger language spoken primarily by the Igede people of central Nigeria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Igede language canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3203911 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Igede language Context triple: [Tiv language, hasNeighbouringLanguages, Igede language]
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A.
Negidal language
The Negidal language is a critically endangered Tungusic language traditionally spoken by the Negidal people in the Russian Far East along the lower Amur River.
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B.
Isnag language
The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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C.
Blablanga language
The Blablanga language is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Northwest Solomonic subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Itsekiri language
The Itsekiri language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Itsekiri people of the Niger Delta region in southern Nigeria, closely related to Yoruba and influenced by neighboring languages.
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E.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Igede language Target entity description: Igede language is a Volta–Niger language spoken primarily by the Igede people of central Nigeria.
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A.
Negidal language
The Negidal language is a critically endangered Tungusic language traditionally spoken by the Negidal people in the Russian Far East along the lower Amur River.
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B.
Isnag language
The Isnag language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Isnag people in the northern Cordillera region of Luzon in the Philippines.
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C.
Blablanga language
The Blablanga language is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, belonging to the Northwest Solomonic subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Itsekiri language
The Itsekiri language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Itsekiri people of the Niger Delta region in southern Nigeria, closely related to Yoruba and influenced by neighboring languages.
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E.
Semai language
The Semai language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Semai people, an indigenous Orang Asli group in Peninsular Malaysia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo language
ⓘ
Volta–Niger language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToPhylum |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Igede people ⓘ |
| family |
Niger–Congo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Niger–Congo
|
| glottologCode | iged1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Igede ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Igede
ⓘ
surface form:
Igedde
Igede-Agba ⓘ Igede ⓘ
surface form:
Igede-Ito
|
| hasDomainOfUse |
home
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ market ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | yes ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class remnants
ⓘ
tone marking lexical and grammatical contrasts ⓘ verbal aspect marking ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Igede ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticRole | marker of Igede ethnic identity ⓘ |
| hasTonalSystem | yes ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | Nigeria ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ige ⓘ |
| isTonalLanguage | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ |
| macroArea | Africa ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Idoma language
ⓘ
Igala language ⓘ Tiv language ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region | central Nigeria ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Igede people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Benue State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cross River State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | regional language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Volta–Niger
ⓘ
surface form:
Volta–Niger branch
|
| usedAlongside |
English language
ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
local trade ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Igede language Description of subject: Igede language is a Volta–Niger language spoken primarily by the Igede people of central Nigeria.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.